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Re: Telford Explanation

Originally Posted by zmo

Interesting points. You would expect that the IRIS on Earth would have been closed until the scheduled Dial In time from Destiny (no radio transmission can go through a 9 chevron wormhole as mentioned so Homeworld Command would have been told when to expect a dial in)
Now, Telford ends up on earth -12 hours before the scheduled dial in. Shouldn't the IRIS have been closed?

Good point.

If "new" Telford has/had been on Earth for 12 hours shouldn't Eli have known about it when he used the stones & switched with Dr Lee? ... Or did this somehow change events on Earths timeline?

Re: Telford Explanation

I think the writers sort of forgot about that one.

Most of the 'not-knowing-about-Telford' can be explained as the destiny crew not using the stones nor having anyone on stone duty. It could be that Eli switched with Dr Lee more than 12 hours before the "first" destiny attempted to dial.

I believe it's like this;

- hour 0: moment of dailing in the first timeline: Destiny A tries to dial

- 12+ hours before the moment when destiny A tried to dial: Eli and Dr Lee swap places. This happens a little more than 12 hours before Destiny A tried to dial. Noone is on stone duty after this. The SGC is expecting the Destiny to dial in anywhere within the next day or so.
- 12 hours before dial: Destiny A makes a connection to Earth and is sent back in time a little over 12 hours
- 12 hours before dial: Telford comes through the gate on Earth
- roughly 12-9 hours before dial: Rush waits on destiny A and then uses the stones to switch with Telford
- roughly 9-6 hours ( I'm just making up random hours, just to give an impression of a rough timescale ) before dial: Destiny B comes out of FTL, Rush goes to Destiny B
- 0 hours before the moment when destiny A tried to dial. Destiny B is in the star and crew B decides not to dial Earth.
- 1+ hours after the moment when destiny A tried to dial; Destiny B encounters Destiny A, which has left the star hours earlier and stopped nearby.

Re: Telford Explanation

If "new" Telford has/had been on Earth for 12 hours shouldn't Eli have known about it when he used the stones & switched with Dr Lee? ... Or did this somehow change events on Earths timeline?

Two days later, and this episode still has my head hurting. Maybe I'm thinking too much into this, but is there a reason that Telford wanted to go first so bad, and he begged everyone else to wait three seconds before entering the gate behind him?

Re: Telford Explanation

It seems as though original Telford didn't go back in time, because Earth wouldn't have been expecting them. The time travel happened after Telford went through, so that the original Telford comes through the gate at the time that "our" Destiny was supposed to dial. Hence, while our crew is taking supplies from the original Destiny, Telford comes through the gate on schedule. In both cases, none of the crew came through the gate. Now the only real issue is how he was able to switch with the original Rush (unless the time travel happened while Rush was using the stones). And how the EarthTelford knew that the original Destiny went back in time.

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4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; )
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Re: Telford Explanation

If they swapped bodies with each other, that'd mean that future Telford was in Present Telford and vice versa, and then they both died with Future Rush pushed Present Telford's Body with Future Telford's mind into the explody broken weapon thingy.

Re: Telford Explanation

Originally Posted by Tanith0709

So wonder what Telford will think when he finds out his other self has been killed.

Especially if they figure out it was rush!

Interesting points. You would expect that the IRIS on Earth would have been closed until the scheduled Dial In time from Destiny (no radio transmission can go through a 9 chevron wormhole as mentioned so Homeworld Command would have been told when to expect a dial in)

Perhaps cause they were expecting it, they kept the Iris open and instructed all allies to NOT dial in during that period. So the only wormhole connecting is from who they are expecting.. the destiny.

Re: Telford Explanation

If they swapped bodies with each other, that'd mean that future Telford was in Present Telford and vice versa, and then they both died with Future Rush pushed Present Telford's Body with Future Telford's mind into the explody broken weapon thingy.

Telford is still alive next episode. I believe they just hadn't swapped yet during this one because Telford was on the broken destiny.

Swapping with yourself might be a convenience thing. That way you look and sound like yourself when you swap to talk with the people on the other side.

Re: Telford Explanation

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! They dumped Telford back to Earth? Lol, first he's at Earth, finally gets to Destiny via the Lucian Alliance and then goes back again. I hate this.

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Re: Telford Explanation

Originally Posted by The Destiny

I think the writers sort of forgot about that one.

Most of the 'not-knowing-about-Telford' can be explained as the destiny crew not using the stones nor having anyone on stone duty. It could be that Eli switched with Dr Lee more than 12 hours before the "first" destiny attempted to dial.

I believe it's like this;

- hour 0: moment of dailing in the first timeline: Destiny A tries to dial

- 12+ hours before the moment when destiny A tried to dial: Eli and Dr Lee swap places. This happens a little more than 12 hours before Destiny A tried to dial. Noone is on stone duty after this. The SGC is expecting the Destiny to dial in anywhere within the next day or so.
- 12 hours before dial: Destiny A makes a connection to Earth and is sent back in time a little over 12 hours
- 12 hours before dial: Telford comes through the gate on Earth
- roughly 12-9 hours before dial: Rush waits on destiny A and then uses the stones to switch with Telford
- roughly 9-6 hours ( I'm just making up random hours, just to give an impression of a rough timescale ) before dial: Destiny B comes out of FTL, Rush goes to Destiny B
- 0 hours before the moment when destiny A tried to dial. Destiny B is in the star and crew B decides not to dial Earth.
- 1+ hours after the moment when destiny A tried to dial; Destiny B encounters Destiny A, which has left the star hours earlier and stopped nearby.

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Originally Posted by Ltcolshepjumper

It seems as though original Telford didn't go back in time, because Earth wouldn't have been expecting them. The time travel happened after Telford went through, so that the original Telford comes through the gate at the time that "our" Destiny was supposed to dial. Hence, while our crew is taking supplies from the original Destiny, Telford comes through the gate on schedule. In both cases, none of the crew came through the gate. Now the only real issue is how he was able to switch with the original Rush (unless the time travel happened while Rush was using the stones). And how the EarthTelford knew that the original Destiny went back in time.

No, if Telford had arrived in the present, Rush couldn't have used the stones confirm Telford was alive, got on the shuttle and told alt Destiny not to dial before they actually did because he would he would have had to wait at least 12 hours to contact Earth, (as Destiny was 12 hours in the past) by which time "our" Destiny would have already started to dial Earth.

Re: Telford Explanation

Originally Posted by Sairnath

I think that the whole "look at the damge" comments were based off "Alternate Rush's " story of how the rear end exploded during the failed gate attempt. He was just commenting that the damage wasnt as bad as expected.